London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Whitechapel 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| H–(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Hypothesis advanced by scientific men relating to contagion, reasons for laying such before the Board | „ 1876 | 14 |
| Hyams, Mr., notes on census returns | July, 1871 | 11 |
| „ „ on vaults under Spitalfields Church | Dec. 1867 | 15, 16, & 17 |
| I & J. | ||
| Ignorance of the poor as regards the proper using of water closets | Dec. 1856 | 8 |
| Sept. 1857 | 10 | |
| ,, of parents a cause of the death of children | Jan. 1859 | 4 |
| April, „ | 5 | |
| ,, and selfishness of preceding generations as regards the building of houses | Jan. „ | 6 |
| Ill-health and overcrowding | Dec. 1861 | 8 |
| „ principal causes of | Oct. 1856 | 8 & 9 |
| „ some causes of | Dec. 1865 | 7 & 8 |
| Illegitimate children, early death of | Oct. 1859 | 4 |
| Immorality in lodging houses in the City of London | March,1857 | 15 |
| ,, probably caused by overcrowded work-rooms | April, 1864 | 9 |
| Immunity from fatal small-pox in London for four months | Jan. 1875 | 4 |
| Importance of knowing the localities where epidemics occur | Oct. 1856 | 2 |
| „ of duly recording all sanitary works carriedout | March, 1863 | 10 |
| „ of attending to the thorough ventilation of the basement of houses | Dec. 1860 | 4 |
| ,, of establishing voluntary sanitary associations in District | „ 1877 | 13 & 14 |
| „ of voluntary associations visiting the houses of the poor | „ 1868 | 10 |
| „ to the public health that all deaths should be duly certified | July, 1869 | 5 |
| Important recommendation of the Royal Sanitary Commission relating to the registration of disease | Sept. 1872 | 16 |
| Improvements effected under the provisions of the Whitechapel Improvement Act | Oct. 1856 | 6 |
| ,, ,, in property inhabited by the poor | Jan. 1858 | 11 |
| March, 1863 | 9 | |
| Sept. 1871 | 13 | |
| ,, ,, in King Edward Street, Haye's Court, and Great Tongue Yd. | „ 1872 | 10 & 11 |
| „ „ in Providence Court, Easington Buildings, Bell Court, Bell Place, Goulston Street, Jacob's Court, and Upper Keate Street | March, „ | 9 & 10 |
| ,, „ in George Yard, Spital Street, and Spital Court: | July, 1870 | 8 & 9 |
| ,, in Leman Row, Swan Court," Avenue Place, Rose Court, Miller's Court, Garden Place, Swan Court, Middlesex Street, . Black Horse Court, Bridge-man's Alley, George Crt., Mile End New Town, and New Rd. | Dec. 1871 | 11,12, & 13 |